WASHINGTON D.C. SOUTH MISSION: OUR NEW ONES HAVE ARRIVED! JULY 21-2010

Saturday, August 7, 2010

OUR NEW ONES HAVE ARRIVED! JULY 21-2010

Our new group arrived today, July 21, 2010. They are picked up at the airport by Pres Albright and taken directly to the metro to do some street contacting. Pretty scary first minute activity. But it is really kind of fun and they are quite excited actually to get out and do missionary work. They come to the mission home and we have a nice, formal meal ready for them. The office couples come, and Pres. Albright"s councilors and their wives, the Assistants, and office elders and all the new ones So we have a large group for dinner. After dinner, its training. Lots of information that is new and overwhelming and they won't remember and we will repeat at the Return and Report in 4 weeks. Then it is off to bed after a LONG day. some of them get up at 3:00 or so to get ready and go to the airport. Next morning it's a big, nice breakfast and off to the transfer meeting for more training. Then they meet their companions and head to work.

The group includes: Sister Albright, Elders Lefeen and West, Sisters Trepenair, Kelley, and Balsley, and Pres Albright, Back Row: Elders Leiw, Jensen, Horton, and Radford.

Elder Radford

Sister Kelley

Sister Balsley

Sister Trepenair

Elder Horton

Elder Liew

Elder Jensen

Elder Lafeen

Elder West

The transfer board pictures: Elder Liew

Elder Jensen

Elder Lafeen

Elder West

Elder Horton

Sister Kelley

Sister Balsley

Sister Trepanair

Elders Bell, Williams, and Lee helping cook breakfast. Assistants are angels!

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Stephanie Smith Fireside

Last Sunday evening we were privileged to attend a fireside in the mission. It was held at a beautiful old chapel in McLean. One of the pictures shows the inside of the chapel and the wood beams on the very steep-pitched ceiling of the room. The gym is under the chapel in the basement. I have never seen a floorplan like this one. Very unique. This fireside hosted Sister Stephanie Smith. Her story was in the Ensign sometime in the last year. She has a remarkable conversion story. She has held very high government positions and at one time was 5th in command at the CIA. She said something at the first of her talk that I wrote down: she said, "I've been on some remarkable adventures. But no adventure in my lifetime has been as extraordinary and life-changing as my path to conversion and baptism in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. She then told about her introduction to the church. She was at a time in her life with tremendous worldly success achieved after clawing her way to the top without any regard for others, and she felt her life was shattering into a million pieces. At this time she turned to a colleague she admired who was a member of the church. He told her two things. That her Heavenly Father knew her by name and loved her and that Heavenly Father had a plan for her success. The next day he sent her a map to the temple visitor center. She told how when the missionary sisters came to her door, she didn't think she could relate to these young women. The first thing they did was ask if they could sing to her. They sang,"I am a Child of God." That was the beginning of her conversion, a long a beautiful story. You can read it on the web at Meridian Magazine. Her testimony was a real inspiration to me. There were over 350 people there and she does a great missionary work speaking to investigators. What a blessing to have heard her and felt her spirit.

Chelsea Our recent Convert

We have met the sweetest young sister. Chelsea is amazing. She joined the church during the last year and has an incredible testimony also. She never misses any missionary function and we were able to take her with us to the Stephanie Smith Fireside. She also came to the mission home a few weeks ago and we had family night. She gave the lesson and is was unbelievable. She is hoping to go on a mission next year. What a great young woman. This is a picture of her with Elders Ganaway and Gifford.